A. I. Benefit or problem ?

WASHINGTON, D.C. – AI has the potential to both benefit and harm the U.S. in unknown and unimagined ways but Congress has hardly any experts on the rapidly developing technology, lawmakers told Fox News.

"AI is going to help us in many ways. It can also kill us," Rep. Ted Lieu, a California Democrat said. "As a recovering computer science major, my understanding of AI on a scale of one to 10 is about a five. There's a lot I don't know."

Republican Sen. Cynthia Lummis said: "We've got a long way to go before we have any sense of its true capabilities and understanding what people like Elon Musk see as its capabilities going forward. I put my knowledge on a scale of one to 10 at about a 1.5."

Musk and more than 1,000 others called for an immediate pause on "giant AI experiments" last month, warning the rapidly developing sector may pose security threats. However, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman disagreed, saying pausing development is not an optimal way to address the issue.

AI "has the potential of civilizational destruction," Musk told Fox News' Tucker Carlson this week. He said if the industry is left unregulated, the consequences could be dangerous.

"I don't think Congress is prepared intellectually and resource-wise" to regulate AI, Rep. Mark Takano, a California Democrat, told Fox News. "There's no doubt that AI is going to be highly consequential."

"I don't want to say the Congress knows nothing," Takano continued. "Staff has been going to briefings on AI."

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50 years if nothing changes about society. 30 years if there was a huge war followed by a baby boom. A huge war that accelerates our learning, establishes the importance of real learning no more diploma mills and religious woke education that nearly got us killed in the war, and then the species gets a lot younger. A relevantly experienced and well-educated population that is a lot younger. Then it would be 30 years until we understand where we are now.
Long story short a huge war would reduce the chance of us putting the AI in charge one day. And that is the real danger/prospect. As the last thing that can think logically and the only thing that can put things into context. The one thing with the breadth of perception, the processing power, to know what something means when it happens in an environment that is anything but simple or familiar to any human being.
Anyway I tend to believe that AI won't try to kill us. It could be a benefit, and even more of a benefit if it replaces human government entirely, but that benefit might very well be a problem. I guess I believe that Brave New World is more likely to happen over 1984. I kind of think this was happening anyway, the growing rapport with our pets stems from the fact we are one. So much the benefit to civilisation the AI might be I think you'll find humanity lunging for the wilderness, even more than today
Oh, so they removed my comment, eh? Well, Darwin's Laws still apply, and I know where I stand. CS has become a complete farce, antithetical to truth.

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